Vehicle-gear.



No. 784,787. PATENTED JULY 28, 1903. F. E. WILGOX.

' VEHICLE GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED 111:0. so. 1902.

H0 MODEL.

PI G. 1. PI G. 2.

W1 T/VESSESI- [NVENTOR Gila/J. By I QBCJMW mesa July 28, 14505.

FRANK E. witoox, or MEciIANIosBURe, PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHICLE-GEAR:

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,787, dated July 28, 190%. Application filed December 30,1902. Serial No. 137.130. (No model.)

quisite functions appertaining to a perfect sists in certain novelties of construction and I combinations of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one example and a modification of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best modes I have so far devised for the practical application of the principle.

Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the improved gear, the head'block plate, axle, and axle-cap being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 except that the interlocking elements are reversed. Fig. 3 is a top plan viewof the clip. Fig. 4. is a bottom plan viewof the axle-yoke, showing the nut in place.

Referring in particular to Figs. 1, 3, and (l of the drawings, the letter A designates the axle; B, the axle cap or bed; 0, the clip; D,

the bolt end of the clip; E, the barrel of the clip, made hollow, as shown by dotted lines, and longitudinally perforated; F, the bearing-wings of the clip; G, the curved edge of the barrel which fits the axle-cap; H, the cylindrical perforated upwardly projecting hearing; I, the threaded lower end of the barrel; J, the frusto-conical extreme end of the barrel; K, the axle-yoke; L, the perforated front end of the yoke; M, the nut which fits the bolt D of the clip; N, the rear perforated end of the yoke; O, a hexagonal nut on the end of the barrel; P, the body of the yoke cut away or recessed to receive the nuts; Q,

. the head-block plate; R, the perforated lug at the rear of the plate; S, aseat made in the under surface of the lug to receive the bearing H of the barrel; T, the brace; U, the perforated brace-head with a frusto-conical recess to fit the end J of the barrel; V, the kingbolt, and W is the nut at the end of the bolt.

Fig. 2 shows the interlocking parts of the gear reversed.

The letter X designates the recessed seat in the top end of the barrel; Y, the downwardlyprojecting cylindrical bearing upon the under side of the lug at the rear of the head-block plate.

i Z is a frusto-conical seat made in the lower threaded end of the barrel, and Z is the frusto-conical brace-head.

Themethod of assembling the several parts and elements is obvious and need not be specifically set forth.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it is clear that I have produced an improved gear which is very simple in construction and comparamanufacturer without constituting substantial departures.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

/ 1. The combination in a vehicle-gear, of an axle; a clip having an integral longitudinally-perforated barrel threaded at the end; and an axle-yoke secured by nuts at its opposite ends to the clip and barrel.

2. The combination in a vehicle-gear, of an axle; axle-cap; a clip having an integral longitudinally-perforated barrel threaded at the lower end; and an axle-yoke secured by nuts to the clip; the said barrel being shaped at G to fit the axle and cap.

. 3. The combination with an axle, of a clip 0 having a barrel E threaded at its lower end; a yoke perforated at its front and rear 5. The combination with the clip 0 having ends and secured to the front end of the clip the barrel E threaded and provided with the and the barrel by nuts. frusto-conical end J, of an axle-yoke, and a 4. The combination with the clip having a brace having a head. 5 barrel provided at its upper end with means In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 for interlocking with a head-block plate, and in presence of two witnesses.

threaded at its lower end, of a yoke perfo- FRANK E. WILCOX. rated at its ends and secured to the clip and Witnesses: the barrel by nuts 0 and M, in substance as S. H. BAILEY MERCER,

10 set forth. H. H. MERCER. 

